Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] to the first [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A second legal mortgage can be created by leasing the land to the second mortgagee for a term longer by at least one day than the term limited to the first mortgagee . |
| 2 | I can see nothing in principle to prevent a contemnor applying to the first instance court to be released from custody on the ground that the failure to serve him with the committal order has kept him in ignorance of the contempts for which he has been imprisoned and that , in the circumstances , justice requires his release . |
| 3 | Easy rock leads to the first bulge , where a swing left under the overhang gains a glorious hand-jamming crack . |
| 4 | This can be done by apply the formulae of Chapter 6 or , directly , by noting that replacing x 2 + σ 2 = 7 with x 2 + σ 2 = 3 can be effected by replacing σ 2 with σ 2 + 4 , so that the equation corresponding to the first row : becomes which is equivalent to replacing the RHS with 4 . |
| 5 | WHILE expensively-assembled Blackburn and Derby faltered in the Second Division promotion race , Charlton , who have no home or money to spend on players , continued their unlikely attempt to return to the First Division with a 2–1 win at FA Cup finalists Sunderland , writes Christopher Davies . |
| 6 | a reference to the first of Sir Walter Scott 's Letters on Demonology and Witchcraft contributed to the first number of Murray 's Family Library ( 1830 ) . |
| 7 | A flight of granite steps to his right led to the first floor of one of the buildings and an arrow carried the word , ‘ Office ’ . |
| 8 | Before the dummy is placed on the table , declarer 's left hand opponent leads to the first trick . |
| 9 | collective title given to the first section of the final collected edition of Sketches by Boz , the edition published in monthly parts 1837–9 and in volume form in May 1839 . |
| 10 | Plans to expand the Windscale site with a major new development led to the first setpiece confrontation between the burgeoning antinuclear movement and the nuclear industry across the polite tables of a public inquiry . |
| 11 | The direct evidence belongs to the first century B.C. ( Diod. 5.22.4 ) . |
| 12 | In my view , when the truth of representations is being considered , no objection can be taken to the request relating to the first audit , nor to the second audit since the latter may well reveal material relevant to the conduct of the company 's business before acquisition and after acquisition in a way which reflects on the earlier conduct of the business . |
| 13 | The enthalpy corresponds to the first electron affinity of chlorine ( see section 3.1 ) . |
| 14 | The wife came to the first cavern and saw the dreadful dragon , stretched out all along the sea , shooting out foam and spume from her nostrils , lashing up the waves with her tail . |
| 15 | They were all equally carefully examined by Philip Corder , John Gillam and myself , and there was a unanimous verdict that every sherd belonged to the first century . |
| 16 | Although you may decide to begin with a fade in , the circumstances may leave you with insufficient time for these niceties , and a crash-in cut to the first shot probably sets the mood for the sequence better in any case . |
| 17 | Taking the menu out of the nearest gentleman 's hand , she laid it flat on the table , and with her pencil pointed to the first item , then mimed drinking . |
| 18 | The starting pulse also triggers the first delay circuit , which delays the pulse for a time , during which the motor moves to the first phase switching position . |
| 19 | The first man cycled to the first mark and left the cycle and hurried on , on foot . |
| 20 | ‘ There is no magic left in the festive practices of Oxford , or Grimley , or wherever-the Morrismen and Mummers no magic unless the mind that enacts the festival has a gate opened to the first forest- ’ |
| 21 | The council later abandoned its plans to widen the highway and the reversion passed to the first defendants , who were not a highway authority . |
| 22 | On the appointed day , the first pageant wagon drove to the first station at Sowerby Bridge . |
| 23 | The stone free date corresponds to the first time the gall bladder was considered to be free of fragments and sludge . |
| 24 | An elegant staircase leads to the first floor , where the Edgsons have another living room overlooking the street . |
| 25 | I climbed a narrow staircase leading to the first floor balcony . |
| 26 | The child prices shown alongside the adult prices in the price panel apply to the first child sharing a room or an apartment with 2 full fare paying passengers . |
| 27 | The cursor moves to the first occurrence of the REPLACE text typed in below its starting position or within the highlighted text . |
| 28 | This view led to the first restrictions on private members ' capacity to interrupt or hold up business whenever they liked — or whenever they could get the House to listen to them , for there was always considerable self-discipline . |
| 29 | Neath , who have failed to match last season 's title-winning form , mainly because the younger players have required time to adjust to the First Division , scored three tries during an eight-minute period in the second half . |
| 30 | At York , the first pageant proceeded to the first station at 4.30am , and it would be around midnight when the last play reached the twelfth and last station . |